Welcome!

My name is Amy E. Elkins (she/her/hers), and I’m an Associate Professor of English at Macalester College. Here is my Curriculum Vitae.

Thanks for stopping by! I study modern and contemporary literature, art theory and visual culture, and feminist/queer approaches to the archive. In my research, I’m especially interested in creative practice and forms of activism across media. As an artist, theorist, and interdisciplinary scholar, I emphasize dynamic, global approaches to research and student-driven inquiry–an approach rooted in research-creation, antiracism, and queer theory. I recently served as the Modern Language Association’s elected delegate for Women and Gender in the Profession and am passionate about equity in higher education.

My first book, Crafting Feminism from Literary Modernism to the Multimedia Present, was published last year by Oxford University Press. My essays have appeared in PMLA, Contemporary Literature, Interdisciplinary Literary Studies, Modernism/Modernity Print+, and Post45, and I interview writers about literature and visual culture for such places as the Los Angeles Review of Books.

This website includes posts with publication news and upcoming talks, in addition to more information about my research, teaching, arts & humanities programs, and multimedia arts practice.

Contact: aelkins@macalester.edu -or- amy.e.elkins@gmail.com